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Magnus Brody wrote: he's no spring chicken (thanks Madelaine!) You're welcome, Magnus! If it makes you feel any better, we both look like people I find dreamy...

Dresden Ceriano wrote: Magnus Brody wrote: I'd be grateful for your opinions. It seems to me that you jumped to conclusions based on nothing more than your own assumptions as to the intent behind this person's actions. It's just as likely that they were looking for a father figure in SL as it is that they wanted to jump your bones. While I would have given them the benefit of the doubt, you're prefectly within your right not to have done so. What rubs me the wrong way is the fact that you deemed it necessary to AR this person based on nothing more than a feeling, rather than on any sort of substantive evidence. As such, your AR will be completely unactionable, therefore only serving to clog the system and making it take even longer for action to be taken against those who are actually doing something wrong. ...Dres Dres, Magnus did not AR the 13yo. I see how one could get that impression by reading the responses, which I suppose proves that none of us is immune from jumping to conclusions. Magnus has got rather beat up here, and I think he's handled it with grace. That's pretty impressive from a fella who looks like he does in RL! ;-).

Snugs McMasters wrote: Dresden Ceriano wrote: Pussycat Catnap wrote: Monica Querrien wrote: Third, I have noticed how some people are so jaded in these parts that they assume the worse and go to town on some people, making their post count increase in the process so they can get a title/badge for SL forums. And in the above it appears you're being an example of your own claim. Some folks are just chatty on forums. Some love to talk, debate, discuss, and so on. The internet has been publicly availably since 1996 and people STILL don't realize this? This ^^ My eyes tend to automatically start rolling whenever someone brings up post count or forum rank in a discussion in order to use them to try to discredit those of us who have been posting here for years and years. I'm more inclined to believe that spending all that time here would be more of an indication of the desire to interact with the people here and maybe help someone from time to time (if not all the time), than it is of some sort of nefarious plan to gain recognition... especially considering the insignificance of whatever little recognition a high post count or rank actually provides a person. It's frankly no surprise that there are some long-time, forum participants who've become a bit jaded after having to deal with ignorant, nonsensical accusations such as this on a regular, albeit infrequent, basis. ...Dres What are you talking about Dres? Of course it's a nefarious plan to gain recognition. It's a game I won't play, of course, but I'm not the only one in here. Jealous, Member Snugs?

Perrie Juran wrote: Once in a while I play a human too. I've been doing that since birth.

Perrie Juran wrote: I'm reminded of something I believe it was Pep who said it, "The moment you sign up for Second Life you lie." We could change that to say, "The moment you sign up for Second Life you begin to Role Play." "Quod fere totus mundus exerceat histrionem (because almost the whole world are actors)" - Petronius (27-66AD) "For what else is the life of man but a kind of play in which men in various costumes perform until the director motions them offstage?" - Erasmus (1466-1536) "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts" - William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The author of your quote was a bit late to the game and may have been unaware that appearing to misunderstand it makes one look naive. Second Life is simply another wing on the stage. I believe that neither lying nor role-play are necessarily, or even often, bad things.

Hi Esme, If you are trying to download the Second Life viewer, that's not going to work. SL Viewers run only under Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Your iPad runs iOS. Linden Lab's Third Party Viewer Directory lists "Pocket Metaverse" for iPad. I believe that is a text only interface into Second Life and I'm not sure it's still being supported. There is also a remote-streaming interface called SLGo available for iOS devices. It costs $1USD/hr, with an unlimited plan for $10/mo. Good luck!

Another Birthday? You had one just last year, Hippie! Happy Monday, Kids!!!

Magnus, I do think you over-reacted. Though the chat you copied would have raised a hair or two on the back of my neck, I'd have played along until either that hair settled back down or an alarm bell rang. If I was busy, I'd have politely declined the invitation to "do something later". I've had very few visceral reactions to encounters here in SL, only one of which resulted in me filing an AR. And there was no question in my mind that the person causing that reaction was violating the TOS. I'm generally happy to give people the benefit of the doubt. If that benefit ends up being the rope with which they hang themselves, I can ameloriate the disappointment with the guilty pleasure of watching the the corpse swing in the hot breeze of my scorn. ;-).

Hi Mia, Clearing cache from within the viewer may not work. Here's the Firestorm page for dealing with missing inventory... http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/fs_missing_inventory The last line on that page takes you to the Second Life wiki page, which you may have already read... http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Inventory_loss If I've misunderstood, and you mean that the inventory toolbar button is there, but clicking it does not bring up the inventory window, it's possible the inventory window is lurking along one edge of your display. If that's the case, you can get it back by doing this... Enable the "Advanced" menu if it's not already showing. You can do that via Ctl-Alt-D (Ctl-Alt-Shift-D if that doesn't work) or by going to the menu "Preferences->Advanced" and checking "Show Advanced Menu". Then select the menu item "Advanced->Debug Settings" and type in "floater_pos_inventory_x" and set the value to zero. Do the same for "floater_pos_inventory_y". If there is a "Return to default" button, click that instead of setting the values to zero. Here's the Firestorm page wich instructions for finding missing windows... http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/missing_windows Bookmark it, we've been hearing of windows going missing more frequently lately. If these suggestions don't work, come back and edit your question (via "Options" over there on the right) to provide more information if you can. Good luck!

Hi aaminah, This problem seems to be cropping up more often lately. If it doesn't respond to Rolig's fix, try: Advanced->Show Debug Settings, type CameraOffsetRearview, click Reset to Default Advanced->Show Debug Settings, type FocusOffsetRearview, click Reset to default If the Advanced Menu isn't showing, type Ctrl+Alt+D. Good luck!

Bebejee, That's happenind because you are uploading your image into the avatar place, not the badge place I got rid of my little avatar by uploading a transparent image to it. Then I only have my badge image to worry about. Griffin posted links to pages discussing both the avatar and badge areas earlier in this thread. Here's what he posted... ______________ Well, there's the forum "avatar" (mine is currently the "equal" sign, yours is the generic default "avatar") and then there's the forum badge, which is the larger picture. Avatar: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/help/faqpage/faq-category-id/personalization#icon Badge: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Your-Avatar/How-to-create-a-cool-forum-avatar-badge/m-p/707025 You need to upload any images used to your Image Gallery. ______________ Although you can't see it, there is a transparent image right below this text. Right click an inch below this line and you should see a pull down option for "Save image as..." or something like that. The file name is "Blank.png". Save the image to your PC, then upload it the same way you uploaded your image a little while ago. Your tiny avatar image will vanish. Now you can concentrate on Suella's guide for creating your own forum badge. Once again, as Griffin posted, that tutorial can be found here... Badge: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Your-Avatar/How-to-create-a-cool-forum-avatar-badge/m-p/707025 Good luck!

bebejee wrote: Is the Member bit only for paying members? The appellation under your resident name is called your "rank". You needn't be a premium member to scale the ranks, You simply need to participate here. Here's more than you probably want to know about how it all works, or doesn't... http://community.secondlife.com/t5/help/faqpage/faq-category-id/ranksroles#ranksroles Note that the color of the "bowling pin" changes with rank. Red, the international color for danger, is reserved for... "Helpers". Sometimes Linden Lab gets it right. ;-).

Good morning, Hippie! I've been helping my boarder work on his car... He wouldn't stop swearing, so I bit him. Happy Saturday, Kids!!!

Hi Yaliu, If this other someone violated the Second Life Terms Of Service or Community Standards, you can Abuse Report them. If you can upload your screen capture to a place like Flickr, and give Linden Lab a link to it, you may include that evidence in your abuse report. I recommend that you mute or block anyone who harasses you. As long as you are a little careful, nobody can harm you in Second Life. Sometimes people can be very mean here, but most of us are not. I sympathize with you and hope you feel better soon. Hugs, Maddy

Good morning, Hippie! Someone doesn't share my love of Mondays. And that makes me love 'em all the more. Happy Monday, Kids!!!

Voo Oompa wrote: [not sure why this thread was deleted previously -- musta said something bad?] [...aaaaaaaaanyway...] EVIL HENCHMAN AVAILABLE! Or henchperson. Whatever. If it involves hench-ing, I'm in. Experienced in wacky hijinks and zany antics. Also available as a flunkie, lackey, sidekick, minion, compadre, hatchet man, stooge or toady. Can fill in as a stalker occasionally, though it's really not my thing. If we get along well, I may work my way up to Arch Nemesis, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Apply this thread. Thank you. Stalking is so very easy, Voo. Just tell people you've been doing it and let their imaginations do the rest. You need only refresh the claim when you see their paranoia flagging. The beauty of other people's imaginations is that you can co-opt them against their will with almost no effort. It's much harder to do that physically. This is the true beauty of SL, where even the physical is imaginary. My World, Their Imaginations.

Hi Sliding, It may be that you've got a mix of an iffy internet connection to SL and an avatar that's burdened either with a lot of clothing or is sitting on a busy sim. Nalates Urriah has a comprehensive guide to improving the quality of your SL connection here... http://blog.nalates.net/2011/10/26/troubleshoot-your-sl-connection/ Keep that link, even if you don't want to look into it now. There's not much one can do to stop SL from trying to dress your avatar in whatever you were wearing when you last logged out, but you can redirect your log-in to a known quiet sim like Smith or Pooley. That may give your viewer the breathing room it needs to fully rez your avatar, after which you can start digging into the cause(s) of your trouble. When you launch the viewer, select "<Type Region Name>" from the "Start at:" pop-up and type in either "Smith" or "Pooley". Good luck!

I've a gall bladder you're welcome to have. It's mounted on a necklace. I'd tell you where I got it, but who doesn't like a little mystery?

Pamela Galli wrote: This is an IM I received today, verbatim: "Hello Pamela Welsh convenience store a few days conce. I want to ask you to solve this problem milkings. I lined inside he gave this lime. Have you cheated on me this is not fair looking at the people who are taking these photographs home" The lime belongs in the...

Hippie Bowman wrote: Voo Oompa wrote: greetin's and stuff ^__^ how joo ish? Good morning Voo! Doing good! Woot! Happy weekend! Peace! Hi Kids!!! Voo, if Hippie is Jewish, it's only a li'l bit. He went to church on Easter Sunday. ;-).

Syn Anatine wrote: I just change my shoes and because of slink they will never look wrong Did you know that, in SL, you never have to change your shoes because they don't wear out, and your feet never get stinky? I think I'm entering my fourth year of wearing the same pair of sandals. Efficiency for the win! ;-).

Hi Estrellita, I think you might want to reconsider your definition of friend! Here's are the official instructions for reporting a compromised account. http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Password-and-account-information/ta-p/700017#Section_.5 You file a support case here, where you select "Account Issue" and "I believe my account has been compromised" Be prepared for a dialog with Linden lab during which you'll be asked to prove your identity. Good luck!

Hi Countess, We're residents, just like you. And so we can't dig up transaction records. Your dashboard transaction history only goes back 30 days, but Marketplace purchase records go back forever.

Hi Jaz, If the light is present even when there's no furniture in the room, then the kitchen itself contains a light source. When I'm trying to hunt down a light source, I rez I set midnight, rez a sphere, then drag it around the area and watch how its illuminated. I'm usually able to find the source fairly quickly. Without knowing how your house is constructed (prim, mesh, sculptie, etc.) it's hard know where the actual light might be with respect to the visible part of any prim that contains it, so even if you find the light, you many not yet have found the source prim. "Highlight Transparent" (Ctrl-Alt-T) to make sure there isn't an invisible light prim linked into the structure. If the light source is in the house itself, and if the house is "mod", edit the prim that contains the light source and turn it off. Remember to check "Edit linked" at the top pf the edit window so you select only the prim containing the light. You'll find the "Light" checkbox in the "Features" tab of the edit window. Good luck!

If you're using Firestorm, go to Preferences->Graphics->Rendering, check "Limit Framerate" and set the FPS to something less than 60FPS. Your computer's screen probably refreshes at 60Hz, so there's no point in letting SL draw more frames than that per second, it's a pure waste of energy and compute time. I've got my Mac set to 24 FPS, which is plenty fast for me and keeps the fans off.